The Blues Summit

Name: The Blues Summit
Start: 2025-10-12T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-12T21:45:00+01:00
Location: Bromley Little Theatre

Schedule

Sun Oct 12 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Bromley Little Theatre | Bromley, EN

Blues Summit at Bromley Blues Club
Tickets on sale from 10am on Monday 3rd March
This year, 2025, will mark what would have been the 100th Birthday of BB King.
Just a few weeks later Bromley Blues Club will mark this special Centenary event with a very special supergroup put together for this one night only event.
In 1993 BB King brought together a host of fellow musicians to record a variety of blues tracks for the album Blues Summit. We have taken our inspiration from him and brought together a very special one night only super group to bring together the stage some very cool blues tracks.

Do not miss Blues Summit

Featuring
Oliver ( Mississippi) MacDonald
Connor Selby
Alan Glen
Lucy Piper
Brent Cundall

Both Mississippi MacDonald and Connor Selby are nominated for traditional blues artist for this year’s UK Blues Awards
Mississippi MacDonald is a British Soul-Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist. In 2024, he won 2 UK Blues Federation Awards – Traditional Blues Artist Of The Year and Acoustic Blues Act Of The Year.
Since his signing to APM Records in 2021, he has appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Blues Show with Cerys Matthews and has played extensively in the UK and the US including a Washington State Blues Society showcase on Beale Street during the International Blues Challenge, appearances on King Biscuit Time (Helena AK), and Radio Memphis. He has recorded recently in the US with established artists Vaneese Thomas (Rufus Thomas), Benny Turner (Freddie King, Mighty Joe Young), and the Reverend Shawn Amos. In July and October 2023, Mississippi recorded 10 new tracks with Hi Rhythm (Al Green, Ann Peebles, Otis Clay) in Memphis at Royal Studios, with Grammy Award winning producer Boo Mitchell, for release later in 2024.
In May 2024, Mississippi was part of the Take Me To The River All Stars along with William Bell (Stax), Hi Rhythm, Jools Holland and Eric Gales both for an upcoming feature film, and headlining Red Rooster Festival. In the Summer of 2024, Mississippi headlined the Glastonbury Lovefields Stage.
Mississippi MacDonald’s blues are authentic, heartfelt, and reflect a lifetime of learning from the greats.

“Mississippi MacDonald represents the next generation of great guitarists who hail from the UK…wholly authentic, he’s earned the right to claim the name” Living Blues, USA
“Contemporary British bluesman Mississippi MacDonald proves he’s as legit as they come on his hard-charging new record HSLB…a compelling, engaging artist who is going to make a lot of new friends with this record. Make sure you’re one of them” Rock and Blues Muse
“Hell Yeah!….fabulous, very Albert King circa his Stax days and in my world, it doesnt get much better than that”, Blues Matters!
“Superior soul-blues singing and songwriting” Mojo, Issue 345
“Mississippi MacDonald has very capably demonstrated that he is a next generation blues man carrying on the soul blues traditions of his predecessors.” Blues Blast Magazine (US)
“MacDonald’s blues ring with authenticity — quite an achievement considering it’s mostly original music. He’s a powerful, soulful vocalist, and his guitar work is stunning” BluesRoadHouse.com
“British musicians have long had a burning passion for American roots music and none more than Mississippi MacDonald….. [he] continues to carry the torch as a next generation blues man”. Bluestownmusic.nl

CONNOR SELBY
Young troubadour Connor Selby signed to Provogue Records in December 2022 and has released his major label debut, the self titled Connor Selby to critical acclaim. One of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene. He has been voted “Young Artist of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards for the last three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022) and he already has an impressive venue checklist, including Wembley Stadium, where he opened for The Who in July 2019 and has since gone on to play Hyde Park, London, with Pearl Jam, Stereophonics and Johnny Marr in the summer of 2022. Connor has also had a productive 2023 touring the UK as the opening act for Blues and Rock Luminaries Robert Cray and Beth Hart.
There’s a timeless melancholic quality to his music. Relatable in its honesty and openness, he draws from anxiety and vulnerability but delivers it with a world-worn elegance. The sky is the limit for Selby, who, along with awards, has picked up numerous plays on BBC Radio 2. It’s easy to see why with his soulful blend of blues and his emotionally introspective songwriting, which sits alongside his impressive armoury of guitar playing.

Alan Glen is a British blues harmonica player, best known for his work with The Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero, Little Axe, and his own bands, The Barcodes and The Incredible Blues Puppies.
His early influences being Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Junior Wells. Early bands he was involved with were Crowjane Bluesband, The Radical Sheiks and Brothers Grimm, before going on to join Nine Below Zero (1991-1995), and The Yardbirds (1996-2003 and 2008-2009). Glen has played on over 50 albums and recorded / performed with: Alannah Myles, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Slash, John Mayall, Steve Lukather, Skunk Baxter, on the Yardbirds' album Birdland and he recorded six albums with Little Axe.

Lucy Piper, based in Exeter, UK, is best known for her work as a Blues Drummer. Over the years, she has spent many nights performing in Mississippi's 'juke joints' alongside many top musicians, such as Watermelon Slim, Lightnin' Malcolm, and Robert Kimbrough Sr, son of one of the all-time greats of hill country blues, Junior Kimbrough, amongst others.
In 2019 and 2020 Lucy worked with double Grammy Award winning label Ruf Records on their annual 'Blues Caravan', as well as appearing on Ryan Perry's album High Risk, Low Reward which was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2020, universally recognised as the highest award in blues music.
In the UK, Lucy performs with a plethora of different artists. She has recently appeared with many great performers including Adam Sweet, Ben Waters, Stompin' Dave, Mississippi Macdonald, James Oliver, and more recently her former band Southern Fried Groove Queens.
She has also worked in the folk world, touring extensively with duo Sounds of the Sirens, as well as doing session work for Phil Beer of Show of Hands, and Jess McAllister.
Lucy is a former member of the band Junkyard Angels, fronted by her late father Julian Piper "One of the UK's foremost champions of African American blues" The Guardian. The band performed across the UK and Europe often as the backing band for touring blues musicians from the USA.

Brent Cundall rounds off this supergroup on bass duties. Brent now resides in London after having moved to the UK from Nashville USA. Absolutely fits right in to this special supergroup with true style !!!